#just my thoughts tho…but every time i search portrait to practice i’m like damn there’s something about this thats funny to me

[ghosthoodie]

i feel like the pinterestification of drawing references really affects learning artists(/non-artists viewing these drawings with repeat genres of conventional beauty) when they see a character design that is not in the Norm of conventionally attractive…ive been doing a bit of portrait practice and yea there’s a few outliers but a lot of the references when you search “portrait” are pretty young women with big distinct eyes and medium to small noses and juicy lips…and yea it’s good practice but if that’s all youre practicing or taking into account when it comes to visual design you’re not really expanding your visual library as a designer in my opinion! and i think it affects learning artists in that anything thats not their pinterest reference is ugly!